Manchester United - News, Developments & Season

[The YeyeMan]

Cardiff.

[wiseone]

OK, twice in his career then.

he scored against Cardiff from a FK[/color]

[wiseone]

Rojo is a bomb scare. When he plays (which is a sight as rare as seeing an emu high heels walking down Oxford Street in central London), he plays as if he wants to prove that he (not Bailly) is the most reckless tackler in the Man Utd team. Quite why or how Jose thought it was a good idea to sell the composed and classy Daley Blind, yet continue to keep this hothead employed, is mystifying.

Atkinson thought this warranted only a yellow

[anikulapo]

Am I reading this right?

United fans want to sell david de Gea?



Wow

stop stealing WiFi and read to comprehend, olodo

Ahem Thicko. Is it reading or comprehension for you?

[marko]

This season, all our strikers performed woefully, Sanchez,Martial, Rashford, Lukaku and Lingard! a top class premiership striker should be banging in an average of 15-20 goals per season, they were so inconsistent, yesterday was another prime example of our inability to finish chances

so happy we are not going to qualify for champions league! anything to pour money into those shareholders pockets should be stopped, i was expecting after Mourinho sacking to start putting structures into place, still no director of football, i gave them the benefit of the doubt but it seems their minds are so pre-occupied by the bank balance than the football on the pitch

If Pogba wants out, he will be taking 34 million followers to his new club and several millions in lost sponsorship money for united, Playing Europa football, united will no longer be the attractive place for top footballers but that is exactly what it needs right now

what should happen now if united to be bought by some Arab billionaires, the first thing is to get rid of Ed Woodward or make sure he does not have any involvement in footballing matters, contracts or whatever, he has proven to be incompetent and part of the huge mess united finds itself today

[benteke]

Am I reading this right?

United fans want to sell david de Gea?



Wow

Not really.
Many just think he is in poor form and a break on the bench is not a bad idea.

However the rumour is that he wants to go elsewhere and that's what's affecting his form, so some suggest that it's a not worth the trouble if he doesn't want to be at United any longer.

Despite the recent big blunders he still pulls out those wonder saves at least every game.

[Coach]

Willian's very lucky there, foot appeared to be planted, in which case a break would not have been a surprise. A little higher perhaps and that's the tib and fib gone.

[tfco]

Am I reading this right?

United fans want to sell david de Gea?



Wow

Not really.
Many just think he is in poor form and a break on the bench is not a bad idea.

However the rumour is that he wants to go elsewhere and that's what's affecting his form, so some suggest that it's a not worth the trouble if he doesn't want to be at United any longer.

Despite the recent big blunders he still pulls out those wonder saves at least every game.

Best GK by far

contract issues are affecting his form.
All the English players + Martial have been given new bumper deals but Ed is stalling on our best player for the past 5 years

More power to DDG..he should go where he'll be more appreciated

[marko]

Am I reading this right?

United fans want to sell david de Gea?



Wow

Not really.
Many just think he is in poor form and a break on the bench is not a bad idea.

However the rumour is that he wants to go elsewhere and that's what's affecting his form, so some suggest that it's a not worth the trouble if he doesn't want to be at United any longer.

Despite the recent big blunders he still pulls out those wonder saves at least every game.

Best GK by far

contract issues are affecting his form.
All the English players + Martial have been given new bumper deals but Ed is stalling on our best player for the past 5 years

More power to DDG..he should go where he'll be more appreciated

Sanchez set a bad precedent at united! we will certainly lose DeGea to another team, we do not deserve him, the board are incompetent

[kajifu]

DDG has been poor no need make excuse for him,a top player will not allow contract affect him.

[Coach]

De Gea's errors are well within the realms of the acceptable, the issue is, as always has been, the fatalistic nature of the goalkeeper's faux pas. As the last line of defence, the keeper's error is exaggerated by consequence. To suggest contract wranglings or a desire to leave are the driving force between the dip in form, is mere poppycock. What has followed the first error, is the normal order of events. Self-doubt, loss of confidence, more thought less instinct. De Gea has a catalogue of incredible, instinctive saves this season, in addition to inspired, indomitable performances, his class is not in doubt. Only a few weeks back, Hugo Lloris was facing the same, earlier in the season, Pickford was in the pillory. Form follows function.

[wiseone]

Exactly. When a GK is facing Messi, Suarez, Coutinho, Aguero, and Hazard in 2 successive weeks, and his only "protection" against them is the zombie that possessed Ashley Young's body, and guys like Dalot and Lindelof, I do not think it is perverse for said GK to suffer a touch of nerves and to be weary at being peppered with non-stop shots on a weekly basis. I have been saying for the last 5 years that something is very wrong with a team in which the GK is the best player and best performer year after year. Anyway, DDG's miraculous body of work over the last 7 years give him enough credit in the bank to excuse this dip in form. Only a few weeks ago, people were marvelling at his Spidermanesque saves against Spurs and West Ham (just 2 weeks ago!).

Right now, if Man Utd put DDG up for sale 99% of teams in the world would ditch their starting GK in a heartbeat for the chance to sign him.

Form is temporary, class is permanent.

De Gea's errors are well within the realms of the acceptable, the issue is, as always has been, the fatalistic nature of the goalkeeper's faux pas. As the last line of defence, the keeper's error is exaggerated by consequence. To suggest contract wranglings or a desire to leave are the driving force between the dip in form, is mere poppycock. What has followed the first error, is the normal order of events. Self-doubt, loss of confidence, more thought less instinct. De Gea has a catalogue of incredible, instinctive saves this season, in addition to inspired, indomitable performances, his class is not in doubt. Only a few weeks back, Hugo Lloris was facing the same, earlier in the season, Pickford was in the pillory. Form follows function.

[marko]

Exactly. When a GK is facing Messi, Suarez, Coutinho, Aguero, and Hazard in 2 successive weeks, and his only "protection" against them is the zombie that possessed Ashley Young's body, and guys like Dalot and Lindelof, I do not think it is perverse for said GK to suffer a touch of nerves and to be weary at being peppered on a weekly basis. I have been saying for the last 5 years that something is very wrong with a team in which the GK is the best player and best performer year after year. Anyway, DDG's miraculous body of work over the last 7 years give him enough credit in the bank to excuse this dip in form. Only a few weeks ago, people were marvelling at his Spidermanesque saves against Spurs and West Ham (just 2 weeks ago!).
Right now, if Man Utd put DDG up for sale 99% of teams in the world would ditch their starting GK in a heartbeat for the chance to sign him.

Form is temporary, class is permanent.

De Gea's errors are well within the realms of the acceptable, the issue is, as always has been, the fatalistic nature of the goalkeeper's faux pas. As the last line of defence, the keeper's error is exaggerated by consequence. To suggest contract wranglings or a desire to leave are the driving force between the dip in form, is mere poppycock. What has followed the first error, is the normal order of events. Self-doubt, loss of confidence, more thought less instinct. De Gea has a catalogue of incredible, instinctive saves this season, in addition to inspired, indomitable performances, his class is not in doubt. Only a few weeks back, Hugo Lloris was facing the same, earlier in the season, Pickford was in the pillory. Form follows function.

Exactly! How many saves did city keeper have to make? So much protection from their world class defence, same applies to Liverpool keeper! Sorry our defence is pretty average to say the least, Young and Shaw are both calamities, its far easy to blame DeGea, why was Rudiger given enough time on the ball to shoot? He should have been closed up

[benteke]

Exactly. When a GK is facing Messi, Suarez, Coutinho, Aguero, and Hazard in 2 successive weeks, and his only "protection" against them is the zombie that possessed Ashley Young's body, and guys like Dalot and Lindelof, I do not think it is perverse for said GK to suffer a touch of nerves and to be weary at being peppered on a weekly basis. I have been saying for the last 5 years that something is very wrong with a team in which the GK is the best player and best performer year after year. Anyway, DDG's miraculous body of work over the last 7 years give him enough credit in the bank to excuse this dip in form. Only a few weeks ago, people were marvelling at his Spidermanesque saves against Spurs and West Ham (just 2 weeks ago!).
Right now, if Man Utd put DDG up for sale 99% of teams in the world would ditch their starting GK in a heartbeat for the chance to sign him.

Form is temporary, class is permanent.

De Gea's errors are well within the realms of the acceptable, the issue is, as always has been, the fatalistic nature of the goalkeeper's faux pas. As the last line of defence, the keeper's error is exaggerated by consequence. To suggest contract wranglings or a desire to leave are the driving force between the dip in form, is mere poppycock. What has followed the first error, is the normal order of events. Self-doubt, loss of confidence, more thought less instinct. De Gea has a catalogue of incredible, instinctive saves this season, in addition to inspired, indomitable performances, his class is not in doubt. Only a few weeks back, Hugo Lloris was facing the same, earlier in the season, Pickford was in the pillory. Form follows function.

Exactly! How many saves did city keeper have to make? So much protection from their world class defence, same applies to Liverpool keeper! Sorry our defence is pretty average to say the least, Young and Shaw are both calamities, its far easy to blame DeGea, why was Rudiger given enough time on the ball to shoot? He should have been closed up

Good points lads.

The elephant in the room is the defence.

Not that all the defenders are bad.
The good-ish ones are always injured, the likes of Jones, Rojo, Bailly, Smalling, no manager can rely on them to form a good partnership.
Then you have Young, and other fullbacks.

That is why LVG and Jose used to tailor their tactics to protect the suspect defence.

Ole opened that part a bit and De Gea is more exposed now. This same defence conceded one of the fewest goals last season simply because of tactics.
A shiny new 200million odd defence like that afforded to City won't hurt United

[wiseone]

Bailly came in, did his usual thing (wild reducer tackles that put people in the stands, head high scissor kicks - the lot), put in his best shift for months, then got injured, and is out for the rest of the season.

Meanwhile, Lindelof's bang average body of work flies under the radar because (luckily for him) Ash, Jones, Smalling, and DDG are taking all the flak. At times Lindelof books about as stable as a newborn calf skating on ice. Tuanzebe must be looking at the lot of them and wondering why he is out on loan while 5 defenders who are either usually injured (Red, Jones, Bailly), in bang average (Lindelof) or atrocious (Young) form, or reckless (Red, Bailly), or less experienced than him (Dalot) are at the club getting games. Shaw has actually been Man Utd's best defender this season.

Good points lads.

The elephant in the room is the defence.

Not that all the defenders are bad.
The good-ish ones are always injured, the likes of Jones, Rojo, Bailly, Smalling, no manager can rely on them to form a good partnership.
Then you have Young, and other fullbacks.

That is why LVG and Jose used to tailor their tactics to protect the suspect defence.

Ole opened that part a bit and De Gea is more exposed now. This same defence conceded one of the fewest goals last season simply because of tactics.
A shiny new 200million odd defence like that afforded to City won't hurt United

[tfco]

Class of 92 FC
United Way FC
United DNA FC

[danfo driver]

Class of 92 FC
United Way FC
United DNA FC

[wiseone]

DDG:

1) 3 errors leading to goals in his last 4 games.

2) 3 errors leading to goals in his previous 123 games.

The man is top quality. Form is temporary, class is permanent.

[danfo driver]

na wa o! I thought they said ole was playing swashbuckling tiki-taka quick one-two twerking football? Odiegwu!

[marko]

na wa o! I thought they said ole was playing swashbuckling tiki-taka quick one-two twerking football? Odiegwu!

Ajax, full of academy players

[danfo driver]

na wa o! I thought they said ole was playing swashbuckling tiki-taka quick one-two twerking football? Odiegwu!

Ajax, full of academy players

Yes o!

Onana
Tagliafico
Schoene
Dusan Tadic
Ziyech
Neres

Are all academy players!!

[marko]

na wa o! I thought they said ole was playing swashbuckling tiki-taka quick one-two twerking football? Odiegwu!

Ajax, full of academy players

Yes o!

Onana
Tagliafico
Schoene
Dusan Tadic
Ziyech
Neres

Are all academy players!!

Their first team squad has about 11 players from its youth ranks! Look at at Tottenham players, at least 3-4 came from Ajax academy, youth is th future, man united play them!

[danfo driver]

na wa o! I thought they said ole was playing swashbuckling tiki-taka quick one-two twerking football? Odiegwu!

Ajax, full of academy players

Yes o!

Onana
Tagliafico
Schoene
Dusan Tadic
Ziyech
Neres

Are all academy players!!

Their first team squad has about 11 players from its youth ranks! Look at at Tottenham players, at least 3-4 came from Ajax academy,

I see you have changed the goal post!

Anyway, the issue here is that Ole was supposed to be play swashbuckling scintillating titillating football! Remember? After 8 games you were twerking and titillated all at the same time. what happened? ehn? Ehn!

youth is th future, man united play them!

Snow is white! Sky is blue! Youth is literally the future... I mean, that is actually a fact.